Rex Bell
Known for: Acting
Rex Bell (born George Francis Beldam; October 16, 1903 – July 4, 1962) was an American actor and politician. Bell primarily appeared in Western films during his career. He also appeared in the 1930 movie True to the Navy, starring Clara Bow; Bell and Bow married the following year. Bell later became involved in politics with the Nevada Republican Party and was the 21st lieutenant governor of Nevada from 1955 until his death in 1962. He was the second Lieutenant Governor to die in office after Henry C. Davis and as of 2025, he is the most recent to have died in office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rex Bell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Film
The Misfits
Old Cowboy (uncredited)
1961
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Diamond Trail
'Speed' Morgan, posing as Frisco Eddie
1933
Film
Pleasure Crazed
Peters
1929
Film
Salute
Cadet (uncredited)
1929
Film
Happy Days
Rex Bell
1929
Fighting Pioneers
Lieutenant Bentley
1935
Film
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Virgil Earp
1942
Film
Lucky Larrigan
Craig Larrigan
1932
Film
Saddle Aces
Steve Brandt
1935
Film
Too Much Beef
Johnny Argyle alias Tucson Smith
1936
Film
Dawn on the Great Divide
Jack Carson
1942
Film
The Cowboy Kid
Jim Barrett
1928
Film
West of Nevada
Jim Carden, posing as Jim Lloyd
1936
Disappearing Enemies
Paul
1931
Film
Lightnin'
Larry - Betty's Husband
1930
Film
They Had to See Paris
Clark McCurdy
1929
Film
The Idaho Kid
Todd Hollister aka Idaho
1936
Film
Men of the Plains
Jim Dean - aka Tom Porter
1936
Film
Broadway to Cheyenne
'Breezy' Kildare
1932
Film
Stormy Trails
Tom Storm
1936
Film
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Dave Archer
1931
Film
The Fugitive
Joe Kean
1933
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
Film
The Arm of the Law
Robin Dale, a Reporter
1932
Film
Courage
Lynn Willard
1930
Film
Rainbow Ranch
Ed "Tex" Randall
1933
Film
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
Film
Law and Lead
Jimmy Sawyer
1936
Cowboys & Injuns
1950
Wild West Romance
Phil O'Malley
1928
Film
Harmony at Home
Dick Grant
1930
Film
Forgotten Women
Jimmy Burke
1931
Film
The Man from Arizona
Kent Rogers
1932
Film
Fighting Texans
Randy Graves
1933
Film
Gunfire
1934
Film
Joy Street
Eddie
1929
Film
The Tonto Kid
'Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid
1934
Film
Crashing Broadway
Tad Wallace
1933
Film
True to the Navy
Eddie
1930